This Log Buffer Edition is encompassing various blogs across
Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL arena. Enjoy the Log Buffer #284.
Oracle: Dimitrios Stasinopoulos was trying to install new Guest
Additions to VirtualBox4.1.14 to 4.1.18 and all of a sudden….
Denes Kubicek has a good blog post about APEX 4.2. Jonathan Lewis
blogs about the bugs [...]

The big news coming from the MySQL Community today is that Monty
Widenius and Percona have founded the Open Database
Alliance, a group focused on “unifing all MySQL-related
development and services, providing a solution to the
fragmentation and uncertainty facing the communities, businesses
and technical experts involved with MySQL”.

I, for one, am 100% behind this. I’ve always been a big fan of
community foundations being a focus point for development
efforts, they work well to bring everyone together, and to
provide a sensible foundation to help avoid much of the
uncertainty that seems to spring up around MySQL. I certainly
hope that the ODA is able to do the same.

Though I do have one question, how does the ODA plan on handling
competing members? If you have two companies offering the same
service in the same market, which one will the ODA recommend? …

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